Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cotton wool bud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: cot-ton -wool bud
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

cotton wool buds (plural) cotton-wool bud (alternative) cottonwool bud (alternative)

Synonyms

cotton bud cotton swab Q-tip

Questions

What does cotton wool bud mean?: A short, thin and flexible rod with a small wad of cotton wool at each end.

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